Chapter 18
The next morning, Alain insisted that they move into a hotel. He was becoming worried that their presence here might be discovered, and he was in no shape to run from any police called in to deal with intruders. Although he was still very weak, he could at least stand and move around slowly, and he was certain that lying on a hotel bed would be infinitely better for his recuperation than lying on the bare floor here.
Laya was disheartened at first because she thought—especially after the events of the night before—that he meant to leave her. But Alain wouldn’t think of it. She would be coming with him, he insisted. He still needed someone to look after him, and he certainly couldn’t risk going to a doctor or hospital; they would ask all sorts of embarrassing questions. Besides
